Article decorated by means of the wings of insects



Patented July 23, 1929.

EUGENE HENRI LE MOULT, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

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ARTICLE DECORATED. BY MEANS OF THE WINGS 0F INSECTS.

No Drawing. Application filed October 14, 1927, Serial No. 226,262, andin- Belgium October 26, 1926.

This invention relates to articles decorated by means of the wings ofinsectssuch as butterflies and the likeeither entirely or as to aportion or portions of the said articles.

It has already been proposed in the production of pictures to provide asketch, drawing, print, photograph, silhouette, outline figure or thelike having segments or parts of butter flies wings affixed to thewings.

In some cases win s which have been cut 7 C v by means of a punch or thelike are utilized in the process.

In one method of tion a sheet of paper is provided for the foundationand the part to be decorated is entirely covered with the wings ofbutterflies.

The wings are fixed in position by any appropriate means, as forinstance by means of a rapidly drying adhesive, such as one obtained bydissolving or gumlac 1n alcohol.

In this way a groundwork of butterflies wings is obtained- After this apainted design is produced upon the groundwork formed by the wings, soas to constitute a determined picture, pattern or the like.

the like.

the whole or to parts of face.

The design may be produced by means of water colours or oil colours orin some other manner, for instance by the use of wings of birds, tissuepaper, leaves made from foil, scales of fishes, natural flowers orleaves or The picture or design is obtained at relatively low cost andhas a very beautiful effect, and it is not necessary to apply a coveringglass to the said picture, either plain or with a design producedthereon, or a mask for masking a greater or less portion of the sur- Theinvention may be applied for the pro duction of mural pictures or forother purposes, for instance for obtaining decorative panels, forfurniture (tables, wardrobes, etc.) or for motor cars, flying machines,hydroplanes or the like; for table articles, ofiice requisites, articlesof jewelry, goldsmiths Wares, articles of fashion (dresses, hairornaments, etc); and for glass articles (lustres,

etc.) the foundation material then being conrated.

In some instances the design duced by crayons, coloured powders or thecarrying out the invenlike.

WVhat I claim is gutta percha in benzine my hand.

stituted by the articles themselves to be decos may be pro- The methodof decorating articles by means of insects Wings comprising the steps ofapplying cut out portions of an insect Wing to a support by means of'anadhesive material, and in then painting a decorative design on the wingmaterial as a ground.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set EUGENE HENRI LE MOULT.

